Bhopal: A 26-year-old man allegedly strangled his wife to death over suspicion of an affair, took the body in his auto-rickshaw, burnt it and then buried it near a dump yard, police said on Sunday. Gave.

Nishatpura police station sub-inspector MD Ahirwar, who is the investigating officer of the case, said the incident took place on May 21 and the man, Nadeem Uddin, was arrested on Saturday.

He said that the police have also recovered some half-burnt parts of the body of the 22-year-old victim and have sent them for investigation.

He told that the woman was living at her parents' house in Murali Nagar after her relationship with her husband turned sour.

She went missing on May 21 following which her parents lodged a police complaint.

Nishatpura police started investigation and picked up the man, who during interrogation confessed to killing his wife, the officer said.

He said the accused told the police that he suspected that his wife was having an affair with another man.

On May 21, the accused called his wife on her mobile and asked her to come to Karond intersection.

Ahirwar said, when she met him, the accused took her mobile phone and after watching a video in it, he became enraged and in a fit of rage, he allegedly strangulated her to death.

He then took the body in his auto-rickshaw to a place about 2 km away and poured kerosene oil on it and burnt it at a garbage dump, where it was later buried, the officer said.

He said that some half-burnt parts of the body have been recovered and have been sent for examination.

The officer said that the accused has been booked under section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code and other charges.

He said that the police is interrogating the accused and investigating the matter further.